I am looking to do a shock upgrade like the UAVs...question: how much should I expect to pay someone to fab me one of those between-the-frame-rail crossmembers that the top of the rear shocks mount to, and to mod the existing mounts on the axels? Both informed estimatations and wild guesses are appreciated!

I got all my metal for free, just had to buy the spring perches. I have $17 into it and about that for the 4 grade 8 bolts, washers and nuts. If you went to a shop you are looking at $45 per hour at the very least for labor. You are looking at a 4 hour job, or so depending on what kinda brackets and mounts you use. If the shop has done them before then it would be quicker. I would make a guess of $150 to $200 for parts and labor.

Do you know of anyone that can weld? What shocks you running or gonna run? I could make you some brackets and make you a sweet deal, The crossmember could bolt in but the axel mounts have to be welded.

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Hey Jeremy, are you interested in fabbing one of those up? Might be able to 'hire' you to build one for me...............my truck has a clearance issue with Steve Frisbie's because my fuel pump is mounted in the frame rail by the 'top' of the frame as it goes up..........if you know what I mean. PIcs on my site of the pump location.............what do you think?

Frank, I looked over you pics of the fuel pump location and I could make one that bolts to the bottom of the frame rail. If the pump sits back far enough in the frame I could use some c-channel and bolt to the top and bottom of the frame. for the axel mount I would just use angle iron with a shock stud. Let me know if you are interested, I would be glad to build you one.

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always good to hear from someone in the NW...I dunno what the rest of the country is doing, but we have some sweet rigs out here. =p The guy that won the top truck challenge (big burb) was from vancouver, WA after all. Anyway...

Unfortunately I dont have any buddies that weld. =( I want to run ProComp 3000 extended travel shocks (13.5" of travel). If you could hook me up with a good deal on the crossmember for this, that'd be sweet!! I am gonna do the shock upgrade when I swap in the ff14b, which will prolly happen early this spring....and if I had the hardware ready to do it, it'd go faster (at a welder-buddies pad or in the shop, either way). Any-who, how much would ya need and what measurements would you require?

My father-in-law lives in Beaverton. He could store it for me
till I could pick it up next vacation or untill I move up there.
I would like to move to maybe the Gresham area. I put in some
apps but got no replies. Strange I thought...Jim

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